The rose is the nation's favourite flower and never goes out of fashion. This title shows how to grow and care for roses in your garden. It covers the essential techniques and provides inspirational ideas for training and planting schemes that will ensure healthy plants and stunning displays year on year.

Focuses on creating the basic structure of your garden, and complementing the basic features with planting, design and furniture. This book includes how to prepare your site and lay turf, paving, paths and decking; guidance on choosing materials; and tips on labour-saving methods and devices.

Herbaceous perennials flower each year, dying down in the winter and springing back to life the following spring. They are central features in the landscape of a garden as they appear year-after-year and must be regarded as constant features. This book gives the expert view on the vast array of flowers available.

Deals with the basic skills that every gardener needs to know and understand. This book includes guidance on selecting and using tools and equipment; instructions on pruning plants, including roses, shrubs and hedges; tips on how to increase cropping and flowering; and, advice on training for shape and support.

Successful gardens can be created in the smallest spaces. This practical shows how to transform even the tiniest outdoor area into an attractive garden. It is suitable for those wanting to create a private haven in limited space.

Guides us through the selection and planting processes of small trees, and shows how to look after trees to ensure optimum performance and maximum impact. This title also shows: how to design with trees and where to plant; practicalities of location and aspect; ornamental effects for all seasons; and, pests, diseases and problems.

Helps you learn how to grow vegetables from seed, maintain mature plants, keep the pests at bay and produce a sustainable crop in your vegetable garden. This work includes advice on feeding, watering and combating pests, weeds and diseases. It offers practical tips on preparing and improving soil.

Water will bring a garden miraculously to life, drawing the eye more than any other feature. This guide shows you how to design and make a water feature to suit any size and style of garden, from a large wildlife pond, stream or rill to the tiniest pebble or wall fountain.

Shows how to create an achievable garden with just a few hours of work a week. This title explains the basic principles of labour-saving design. It presents: practical projects that can be completed in a weekend; recommended easy-care plants; solutions for difficult sites; and, quick-reference seasonal tasks.

A gardens work with nature to create natural environments in which jobs such as pollination and pest control are left to the wildlife. It shows how to create natural ecosystems in your garden to encourage beneficial insects, birds and other wildlife and establish the best environment in which your garden can thrive.

A great raconteur and entertainer, Alan Titchmarsh gets together every Christmas with family and friends to celebrate the season and performs much-loved anecdotes, stories, poems and sketches - old and new.

100 spell-binding, crowd-pleasing cocktails. Work some magic at home with these original cocktail recipes from everyone's favourite experimental bar, The Alchemist.